| Mileage |
Description
|
| Parking |
Public parking in downtown Walhalla.
Intersection of South Broad Street and South Catherine Street.
Public restrooms are available a few blocks away on Main Street next
to the police station.
|
| Start |
Go west on South Broad Street. This
is a quiet back door way to exit Walhalla. |
| 0.5 |
Walhalla Library on left. |
| 1.2 |
Left onto Highlands Highway (Highway 28). |
| 2.3 |
Frasiers Store |
| 3.9 |
Begin switchbacks |
| 4.2 |
View toward east |
| 5.4 |
Yellowbranch Picnic area (nice place to stop with restrooms).
Stumphouse tunnel park a little further up on the right (tunnel is 1 mile
down steep hill). |
| 5.8 |
Sumter National Forest Ranger Station |
| 6.2 |
4 way intersection - end of initial climb out of Walhalla |
| 7.1 |
Gas station on right |
| 8.1 |
Gas station on left - bear right onto SC 107 |
| 10.5 |
Oconee State Park on right (restrooms, water, convenience/gift shop,
phone) |
| 12.5 |
Lombard home - note penned-in wildlife on left at pullout - deer,
turkey - more switchbacks after here |
| 14.2 |
Cheohee Road (gravel) on right |
| 15.6 |
"Burrells Place" - last home on this ride for 10+ miles |
| 16.7 |
Cherry Hill Rec. Area on right - Moody springs on left shortly afterward
-then more switchbacks |
| 18.1 |
Hairpin turn |
| 18.3 |
Burrells Ford Road (gravel) on left |
| 18.5 |
Open view at pull off toward east |
| 18.7 |
Picnic tables on right |
| 19.8 |
Fish Hatchery road at sign on left - continue on SC 107 - descend
immediately steeply for 0.5 miles |
| 22.0 |
Right onto connector to SC130 (S37-413) - steeply climb |
| 22.7 |
crest of hill |
| 22.9 |
Open view at pull off toward east of Lake Jocassee - it is almost all
downhill from here |
| 23.8 |
Bottom of hill |
| 24.3 |
Right onto SC 130. As you
descend, Bad Creek hydro-power reservoir on left. |
| 26.0 |
Fountain Head Water company on right.
Just beyond are the remnants of where a truck fire occurred.
Look for signs of scorched earth/vegetation on left hand side as
you climb the hill. |
| 29.0 |
Just after Tater Hill area on left, take a right onto Cheohee Valley
Road. It comes up on you
quick and is easy to miss. This
begins a 1.3 mile gravel road section, most of which is downhill. |
| 30.1 |
Cross creek. |
| 30.3 |
Pavement. |
| 30.8 |
Piedmont tree nursery on right. Continue
straight on main road. |
| 32.3 |
Straight at 4 way intersection. |
| 33.2 |
Cheohee Baptist Church and Cherokee Lake Road. Continue straight. |
| 34.2 |
Fiddlers Cove development on left. |
| 34.6 |
Right onto Tamassee Knob Road. |
| 36.3 |
Right onto Oconee Station Road (gravel) - S37-95. |
| 36.7 |
Right onto gravel road and then cross creek. |
| 37.0 |
Pavement. |
| 38.1 |
Trail head for Oconee Station falls (easy 1 mile hike). |
| 38.3 |
Oconee Station Historical park on left.
Whitecut Road on right (gravel).
Continue straight on paved road. |
| 39.5 |
Right onto Chalmers Mountain Road.
This is the last major uphill of this ride. |
| 41.8 |
Straight at 4 way onto Brewer Road. |
| 42.8 |
Right at Fork. Go past
football goal posts in yard. |
| 43.5 |
Left at stop sign. |
| 44.1 |
Right at stop sign onto Pickens Highway.
Go past Walhalla Middle and High School Road. |
| 45.9 |
Straight at light on Main Street. |
| 46.0 |
Parking area on left. |
